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Hemilitron

Features

Issuer Piakos (Sicily)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 420 BC - 400 BC
Value Hemilitron (½)
Currency Litra
Composition Bronze
Weight 5.79 g
Diameter 18.0 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
152973
References CNS# 1
Romolo Calciati. Corpus nummorum siculorum. Edizioni G.M., Milan, Italy (3 volumes).
, CNAI# 1
Alberto Campana. Corpus nummorum antiquae Italiae (zecche minori) (2 volumes).
, HGC 2# 1100
Oliver D. Hoover; 2012. Handbook of Coins of Sicily (Including Lipara) / Volume 2: Civic, Royal, Siculo-Punic, and Romano-Sicilian Issues : Sixth to First Centuries BC. Classical Numismatic Group, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
, AMB Basel# 396
Herbert Adolph Cahn, Leo Mildenberg, Roberto Russo, Hans Voegtli; 1988. Griechische Münzen aus Grossgriechenland und Sizilien. Antikenmuseum und Sammlung Ludwig, Basel, Switzerland.
, BMC Greek# 1
British Museum (publisher). A Catalogue of the Greek Coins in the British Museum. British Museum, London, United Kingdom (28 volumes).
, Laffaille# 198
Pierre Strauss; 1990. Collection Maurice Laffaille: monnaies grecques en bronze. Monnaies et Medailles, Basel, Switzerland.
, Virzi# 1344
. The Tom Virzi Collection of Greek Bronzes.

Obverse

Laureate head of river god left, wearing laurel wreath; before, six pellets interspersed by Π-I-A-K-I-Ω-N.

Script: Greek

Lettering: Π I A K I Ω N

Reverse

Hound attacking stag right. Acorn to left, oak leaf to right

Mint

Piacus, Sicily, Italy

Comments

Boehringer, Frühen 4; Rizzo pl. LX, 13; Jenkins, Coinages p. 92.

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Hemilitron
Multiple sales of the same specimen:
Numismatica Ars Classica
Summer Sale 2025
Lot 165
Internet Archive
30 Jul 2025 XF USD 6003.16
(CHF 4750.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hemilitron
Gemini
Auction VII
Lot 140
Internet Archive
9 Jan 2011 XF USD 4000.00
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hemilitron
CNG
Mail Bid Sale 82
Lot 282
Internet Archive
16 Sep 2009 XF Unsold

Ex NAC 21, 17 May 2001, lot 109

Picture 1 of a sold Hemilitron
Bertolami Fine Arts
Auction 8
Lot 135
Internet Archive
4 Feb 2014 XF USD 4874.87
(EUR 4200.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold Hemilitron
CNG
Triton XIII
Lot 50
Internet Archive
5 Jan 2010 XF USD 4000.00
(+ buyer's premium)

Ex David Freedman Collection (Triton V, 15 January 2002), lot 219

Picture 1 of a sold Hemilitron
Artemide Aste
Artemide LXII
Lot 124
Internet Archive
27 Oct 2024 VF USD 1160.68
(EUR 1000.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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